Research Catalog

Title

On the wandering paths / Sylvain Tesson ; translated by Drew S. Burk ; foreword by Daniel Hornsby.

Author

Tesson, Sylvain, 1972-

Publication

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2022]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Burk, Drew
• Hornsby, Daniel

Description

xviii, 134 pages : maps; 21 cm.

Summary

"A walking journey through France's vast interior becomes a meditation on both personal recovery and the role of history in the present-more than 425,000 copies sold in France After a free-climbing accident lands him in a coma and a hospital for four months, the French writer Sylvain Tesson makes a promise to himself: if he's ever able to walk again, he will traverse the entire country of France on foot. Part literary adventure, part philosophical reflection on our contemporary consumer culture, On the Wandering Paths takes us deep into the heart of what Tesson terms France's "hyperrural" zones. Tracing the obscure paths peasants once followed throughout the countryside, Tesson embarks on a three-month journey of solitude and personal contemplation as he walks along vast stretches of mountain ranges and rivers, encountering ancient Roman stone bridges and walkways, the French Foreign Legion, pagan prayer sites, Provençal villages, and the majestic Mont-Saint-Michel. Connecting deeply with the places he visits, his experiences inspire reflection on the essential need to disengage from the digital and immerse oneself in natural beauty.Rich with humor, historical insight, and literary power, On the Wandering Paths is both a meditation on the act of recovery and a potent recognition of the traces of our past in the present. Asking us to reassess our values and our relationship to the land, Tesson's exquisite chronicle through landscapes that continue to resist urbanization and technology is a thoughtful--and thought-provoking--glimpse into a poet's adventurous life."--

Series Statement

Univocal book

Uniform Title

• Sur les chemins noirs. English
• Univocal book.

Alternative Title

Sur les chemins noirs.

Subject

• Tesson, Sylvain, 1972- > Travel > France
• Tesson, Sylvain, 1972-
• 1900-2099
• Authors, French > 20th century > Biography
• Authors, French > 21st century > Biography
• Authors, French
• Travel
• France

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• Personal narratives.
• Travel writing.

Note

• Translated from the French.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Preface -- 1. Starting Off on the Wrong Foot -- 2. Of Ruins and Brambles -- 3. The Invisible Paths -- 4. The Invisible Shadows -- 5. Toward the Sea -- Afterword: A Lesson in the Art of Dreaming -- Drew S. Burk -- Notes.

Call Number

JFD 22-2488

ISBN

• 9781517912819
• 1517912814

LCCN

• 2021061668
• 40031265566

OCLC

1285916658

Author

Tesson, Sylvain, 1972- author.

Title

On the wandering paths / Sylvain Tesson ; translated by Drew S. Burk ; foreword by Daniel Hornsby.

Publisher

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2022]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Univocal book

Univocal book.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological Term

1900-2099

Added Author

Burk, Drew, translator.

Hornsby, Daniel, writer of foreword.

Other Form:

Online version: Tesson, Sylvain, 1972- On the wandering paths Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2022 9781452967486 (DLC) 2021061669

Other Standard Identifier

40031265566

Research Call Number

JFD 22-2488